Catania: Solidarity is not a crime!

Catania: Solidarity is not a crime!

15 December 2017

Declaration 15/12/2017

*** Italian Version below ***

"SOLIDARITY IS NOT A CRIME"
CATANIA, For a Europe of solidarity and peace, based on acceptance and freedom of movement, the European Left together with the Italian Partito della Rifondazione Comunista and Transform Europa organizes on 15th and 16th December 2017 two days of confrontation and debate on current governance and European migration politics in Catania with activists, NGOs and left-wing forces. On Saturday, 16th December 2017, there will also be a sit-in in front of the Frontex headquarters at 3 pm. Maurizio Acerbo, national secretary of Rifondazione Comunista/European Left, explains:
"The initiative serves primarily to terminate the current illegal repatriation agreements and to stop the criminalization of NGOs rescuing people in the Mediterranean and also to address the increasing risk of maritime accidents at sea and torture in Libya. Therefore the European Left will propose a Euro-Mediterranean roadmap, an alliance between all the actors involved in saving human life and protection human rights."